January 2017
Mini space station for mice to study effects of reproduction in reduced gravity
... vehicle health management to achieve Mars missions. Astronaut Nicole Stott, Expedition 20/21 flight engineer, working with the Mice Drawer System (MDS) in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station. A study was conducted at NASA Langley...
August 2021
Space research in embryology
... Station (part of the SpaceX-10 mission of February 2017) elucidated molecular changes in the reproductive system tissues of male mice residing in space for 21-24 days. Along with that, sampling the tissues under microgravity conditions onboard the...
August 2017
Planning for health, sex and sleep on a future Mars colony
... as amifostine or antioxidants in general, can serve as direct countermeasures, although they may have side effects. Research on mice has suggested that a class of drugs called bisphosphonates may be used to address bone loss caused by radiation and...
February 2019
The challenge of procreation for future off-world settlers
... in low gravity and animal models are difficult to correlate with humans. However, there have been studies of mice spermatozoa kept in space for up to 24 months and then used on Earth to fertilise eggs, and a study of jellyfish bred...
February 2022
Extremophiles as a blueprint for universal life
... radio-resistance to human cells. Dsup reduced DNA damage by approximately 40 percent and Pprl reduced mortality in irradiated mice. These extraordinary findings suggest that one day it may be possible to protect workers from radiation in nuclear...
09 April 2016
Flawless launch for SpaceX Dragon
...way to the orbiting laboratory will assess myostatin inhibition as a means of preventing skeletal muscle atrophy and weakness in mice exposed to long-duration spaceflight. Drugs tested on the space station could progress to human clinical trials back...
